1. Josephine Cochrane showed her new machine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where nine Garis-Cochran washers were installed in the restaurants and pavilions of the fair and was met with interest from restaurants and hotels, where hot water access was not an issue.
Josephine Cochrane won the prize for "best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation to its line of work" at the Fair.
Josephine Cochrane was born Josephine Garis in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on March 8,1839, and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Josephine Cochrane was the daughter of John Garis, a civil engineer, and Irene Fitch Garis, as well as the granddaughter of an innovator.
In 1870, the family moved into a mansion, and Josephine Cochrane joined Chicago society.
Josephine Cochrane wanted to relieve tired housewives from the duty of washing dishes after a meal.
Josephine Cochrane had to bring her invention to life, get a patent on it, find customers and sell her product to them all alone, with little to no representation or help from the male figures in her life.
Josephine Cochrane designed the first model of her dishwasher in the shed behind her house in Shelbyville, Illinois.
Josephine Cochrane was an employee at the first dishwasher factory.
However, years later, homes began adding boilers that were big enough to meet those requirements, eventually allowing Josephine Cochrane to sell to housewives, which initially was her end goal.
Josephine Cochrane died of a stroke or exhaustion in Chicago, Illinois, on August 3,1913, aged 74, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Shelbyville, Illinois.